By Chisomo Phiri
The Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal has on Wednesday received the 2023 Medal of Merit in Leadership award from the African Bar Association (AfBA)
The award to Malawi’s supreme court is a recognition of the role the court has played and “continues to play in the promotion of the rule of law, judicial independence and separation of powers in Africa”.
Confirming the development with local media, Registrar for High Court and Supreme Court of Appeal Kondwani Banda said: “The Honourable the Chief Justice, Rizine Robert Mzikamanda,SC will attend the AfBA’s annual conference in order to receive the medal on behalf of the Supreme Court of Appeal Bench.
“Apart from receiving the medal, Mzikamanda will also be expected to make a presentation to over 1,500 delegates that will converge in Pretoria during the AfBA conference taking place between August 6 and 10, 2023 at University of South Africa.”
Banda said President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to be the special guest of honour at the event.
The council of AfBA at its meeting held in Algiers, Algeria, in April this year, unanimously made a decision to confer this award to Malawi’s court for its exceptional work.
Established in 1971 as a professional body uniting individual lawyers and national legal associations in Africa, AfBA was designed to be a federation of national legal associations, corporate and unincorporated legal entities, and individual lawyers.
The Association seeks amongst other objectives to foster the exchange of opinions and experiences among members, formulation of policies that would better reposition the continent’s socio-economic and political development and advancement with the law as the bedrock for these developments, and lastly breaking new legal frontiers.
AfBA brings together the five African sub-regional Lawyers, their respective National Associations spread over the AFBA continent.
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